Michael Zhao graduated from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, where he produced an in-depth multimedia thesis on electronic waste dumping from the rich world to developing countries. He also made a short documentary on the same topic, available on his personal site. He now works at Asia Society's Center on US-China Relations as a multimedia producer in New York. Michael worked for the New York Times Beijing Bureau as a reporting assistant from 2003-2005. He graduated from the Beijing Language & Culture University with a bachelor's degree in English. He co-authored a book on learning Chinese language and culture, Urban Chinese: Mandarin in 21st Century China. Michael was born and grew up in Wuhan, China.
From Nanfang Daily via China Daily: Cinderella needs more than a pair of glass slippers to net her prince, according to a south China company, which is preparing girls for overnight ascent to richness by getting them ready to marry rich bachelors. Shenzhen-based Zuanyuan (or diamond affinity) Information Co. (ÈíªÁºò‰ø°ÊÅØÂí®ËØ¢ÊúâÈôêÂÖ¨Âè∏) opened a so-called “diamond lady […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily (maybe Lang Lang should work hard on English in order to find a royal girl to marry:): Only an emperor’s daughter is fit to marry Lang Lang, the pianist’s father told the Western China Metropolis Daily Wednesday. “Lang Lang never plays in small-scale concerts. He only plays in very important concerts,” Lang’s […]
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Hundreds of Tibetan graduates have staged a rare public protest in the Tibetan regional capital, Lhasa, over alleged discrimination by Chinese authorities in hiring for civil service jobs. No violence was...
Read MoreFrom Radio Free Asia: Hundreds of riot police in southern China used clubs and tear gas to disperse villagers surrounding a brand-new granary during its ribbon-cutting ceremony, ending an 18-hour standoff and injuring several people, witnesses say. “They fired hundreds of rounds of tear gas and put up a two-km blockade,” one witness told RFA’s […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily: New Huangpu Real Estate Co (‰∏äʵ∑Êñ∞ȪÑÂüîÁΩƉ∏öËÇ°‰ªΩÊúâÈôêÂÖ¨Âè∏) said its Chairman Wang Zheng (ÁéãÊîø) has resigned, following a report in China’s state-run media of his detention as part of a pension fund probe. His predecessor quit in April, state media reported today. The resignation won’t affect the company’s operations, New Huangpu said in a […]
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